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Rory Sutherland Sutherland

Key Stats

Team: OUCH
Nationality: Australian
Born: February 8, 1982
Hometown: Canberra, Australia
Residence: Canberra, Australia
Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 171 pounds
Strengths: stage racing
Turned Pro: 2005

Palmares

Career Highlights:

2nd, Australian time trial championship 2007

3rd overall, Tour of Denmark 2005



2008
1st overal, Nature Valley Grand Prix
1st overall, Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
1st overall, Joe Martin Stage Race
1st, Redlands Bicycle Classic prologue
4th overall, Redlands
3rd, Redlands stage 3
4th, Tour de Georgia, stage 5

2007
1st, stages 2 and 3, Redlands Bicycle Classic

2nd, Australian time trial championship

2nd overall, Central Valley Cycling Classic 

4th, prologue, Amgen Tour of California



2005
1st, best young rider, Tour of Denmark

2nd, Australian time trial championship 

3rd overall, Tour of Denmark



2004
1st, Australian under-23 road championship

1st, Cras Avernas, Belgium 

3rd, Grand Prix des Nations 


Biography

Sutherland found success early at the ProTour level in Europe with Rabobank. In recent years he has made his home in the U.S. becoming a formidable stage racer, taking big wins at Nature Valley and Mt. Hood, among others.